Online braz. j. nurs. (Online); 12 (2), 2013

Aim: To assess the knowledge of patients hospitalized for cardiovascular co-morbidities in diabetes mellitus (DM), and its relationship to the confrontation and attitudes towards the disease. Method: This was a prospective cross-sectional study, conducted in the inpatient unit with cardiac patients affec...

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Online braz. j. nurs. (Online); 11 (3), 2012

Objective: Evaluate the quality of life (QL) of patients with implanted cardiac devices and describe the recognition of electromagnetic sources, and symptoms, in the event of failure of the device. Methods: This is a transversal study that used the SF-36 questionnaire and an instrument developed to obser...

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Online braz. j. nurs. (Online); 11 (3), 2012

Aim: To assess the knowledge about the disease and their self-care of patients with heart failure (IC) before and after monitoring nursing care at home. Methods: A before and after experimental study was performed with patients who were hospitalized for IC decompensation. Two home visits (VD) were undert...

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Rev. latinoam. enferm; 17 (1), 2009

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate nursing professionals' theoretical knowledge of cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) treatment before specific training, immediately after, and six months later. METHODS: Cohort study, performed in a cardiology hospital in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul (November/2005 to May/2006), Brazi...

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